Baked Half Salmon

Ingredients:
Side of salmon, deboned and skin on
Honey butter:
– 150g butter
– 1/2 cup honey
– 3 cloves garlic (minced)
Dill Sauce:
– 1.5 cups sour cream
– 1/2 cup fresh dill
– 1/2 eschallot
– zest of 1/2 a lemon
– salt to taste
Topping:
– dried cranberries
– silvered almonds (toasted)
– pomegranate
– lemon slices

Method:

  1. Blitz all dill sauce ingredients in a food processor. Put aside in fridge
  2. Prepare almonds, cranberries, pomegranate and lemon slices. Put aside
  3. Preheat oven to 180
  4. Lay salmon on to bed of foil and baking paper
  5. When ready to cook, heat up honey butter ingredients in a pan for 5 mins, stirring to avoid burning
  6. Pour hot sauce directly on salmon. Place a piece of baking paper on top and wrap tightly. Put straight into the oven for 15 mins
  7. Remove from oven and open the foil. Switch oven to grill on the highest temp
  8. Grill/broil for 7-10 mins. Remove from oven and remove from tray to avoid overcooking
  9. Let it cool for 5 mins. Top with dill sauce and final toppings